Aitken E F (26 results)

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Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. F C Macrae (illustrator). 1909 seventh edition hardback with decorative navy cloth covers and gilt titles to front and spine. An Indian Naturalists' Foreign Policy, describes the Indain wildlife with the most charming line illustrations by Macrae, of scorpion, bats,lizards, frogs, ants and the odd human. Decotaed end papers, clean interior devoid of inscriptions, marks, tears or folds and all pages tight within binding. Covers clean and unscuffed, would make a lovely gift.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. F. C. MacRae (illustrator). Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and decoration on front cover, clean tight and unmarked save for previous ownership in light pencil ffep.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Loose. Illustrated by F. C. Macrae (illustrator). Pictorial Cover. Cover Edges Worn and Nicked.Front Hinges Slightly; 216 pages.

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Burgundy Cloth Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. F C Macrae (illustrator). 13th Edition. Volume in Thacker's Presentation Series of Books on Anglo-Indian Life. 159pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Gilt drawing and lettering to top board, gilt lettering to spine. Top edges gilt, rest age toned. Patterned endpapers. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners and former owner's name to half title, otherwise good copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Twelfth edition hard cover book in good condition. No dust jacket. Bumps to head and foot of spine and to corners. Book slightly shaken. Spotting to edges of text block with some foxing to lightly tanned pages throughout. Inscriptions to front endpapers. 12mo. 159pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Plates (illustrator). Xii, 257 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Light Wear, Gilt Brilliant, But A Few Small Losses Of Cloth At Edges. With The Rare Correction Sheet "Corrections To The Adolfo Stahl Lectures In Astronomy".

Tenth edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red vertically grained cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, publisher's orange and cream patterned end papers, top edge gilt. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. An early edition of this vibrant novel providing an insight to India in the late nineteenth century, written by Edward Hamilton Aitken. Contains (vi), 159 pp + 64 pp publisher's illustrated catalogue with monochrome illustrations throughout the text block. In Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. INDIA (Bharat Ganarajya).

Possible FIRST EDITION. Hilarious account of the various insects and pests which form part of everyday life in the surroundings of a Mofussil bungalow in colonial India. Interlaced with humorous Bewick type illustrations, many full page. Original green cloth covered bevel edged boards with gilt and black pictorial and gilt lettering on upper cover and spine. Binding worn at extremities and slightly dusty, endpapers repaired with tape. Owners name. Overall a good tight early copy of a gem of a book. 8vo. 216pp + 32pp publishers ads.

[0-520-01626-2] 1970. (Small 4to) Near fine, no dust jacket. 459pp. Photographs, diagrams, graphs, tables, illustrations, maps, plans, appendices, addendum, index. The top corners are bumped, and there are 2 remainder marks. "An international conference on the application of science to medieval archaeology was held on 26-28 October 1967 at the University of California at Los Angeles under the auspices of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Isotope Laboratory of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics" - from the Editor's Preface. Time Period Medieval. Contributors include Martin J. Aitken, Frank Asaro, Rainer Berger, Harry Bowman, Robert H. Brill, Fred W.B. Charles, Tsaihwa J. Chow, Israel Cornet, Paul E. Damon, C. Wesley Ferguson, John M. Fletcher, Jay D. Frierman, Robert D. Giauque, Veronika Giertz, Donald C. Grey, Mark C. Han, Walter Horn, Bruno Huber, Willard F. Libby, Masayo Murozumi, Clair C. Patterson, Isadore Perlman, Elizabeth K. Ralph, John T. Smith, Hans E. Suess, Sigurdur Thorarinsson, Lynn White. Published for Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. (Archaeology, Archaeology, Science).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. F. C. Macrae (illustrator). An early edition of this vibrant novel providing an insight to India in the late nineteenth century, written by Edward Hamilton Aitken. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Tenth edition. This entertaining and informative novel is set in India at the end of the nineteenth century, providing an insight into the history of the country. It is presented as a series of papers, with each describing a young boy in a different area of the country to show the various aspects of social life.Written by 'EHA', or Edward Hamilton Aitken, who was a civil servant living in India, known for his writings on natural history. Illustrated with numerous charming vignettes and a frontispiece by F. C. Macrae. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing and the odd mark. A small tear to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Burgundy boards in fine condition with a tiny bit of sunfade to spine. Internally fine signed on title page "Kindest regerds, Des, E F Aitken. Covered in mylar. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good. F.C. Macrae (illustrator). A scarce second edition copy of this abundantly illustrated natural history work. The scarce second edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 7 plates, and in text illustrations throughout.With 32 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.A work by Edward Hamilton Aitken, a civil servant in India, better known for hishumoristwritings onnatural historyin India and as a founding member of theBombay Natural History Society. He was well known toAnglo-Indiansby the pen-name ofEha. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Shelf wear to extremities, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to spine. Marks to rear board. Hinges cracked. Internally, generally firmly bound, but fragile to the middle of the work. Pages 113- 144 disbound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot. Ink inscription to first blank. Good. book.

Dust Jacket Very Good (Facsimile) 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cloth Fair Original red cloth, gilt bands and title to spine, pictorial eps, pp[i-xvi], 1- 288 incl Index, illustrated by b&w photographs, front cover and top of back cover damp-affected, bleached and bubbled, top and tail of spine worn, ep hinges cracked, first 3 leaves of prelims stained, contents o/w VG,gift inscription on ffep obverse, dw is a colour facsimile in near-fine condition.

Melbourne: Published Privately by the Battalion Association, 1953. 8vo. Orig. cloth (covers extensively flecked). (xvi, 288pp.). With frontispiece, maps, numerous illusts, and illust. endpapers. Small tear on pp. 35, otherwise content fine and complete. Extremely scarce. NOTE: The battalion fought in Syria 1941 before going to Java in 1942 where it was captured by the Japanese. A new battalion was then raised which served in New Guinea and Borneo. Includes Honours and Awards and Roll of Honour.